ABSTRACT
This study shows some of the results of the archaelogical and interdisciplinary research done in archaelogical sights such as the mounds in Saquarema, in the State of Rio de Janeiro. In the analysis emphasis was given to the use of sylvan plants by prehistoric fishermen, collectors and hunters of the beach ridge area located between Saquarema lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean. It was observed that the collection of plants were very intense for food and economic purposes. After establishing a relationship between vegetation cover (botany) and units of landscape (geology), it was possible to set up the contemporary landscape picture of human occupation. The anthropological analyses were fundamentally important. The research covers the period from 4520 ± 190 to 1790 ± 50 years B.P.
Key words:
mound; prehistorical settlement; archeology; Saquarema; Brazil